An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, a celestial body roughly the size of a small building, has captured global attention due to its potential ...

A small asteroid, known as 2025 TF, flew over Antarctica on October 1, 2025, at an altitude of only 266 miles.

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...

Earth was grazed by a tiny asteroid last week, which passed about as close as the International Space Station (ISS). That makes it the second-closest known flyby on record. The asteroid, designated ...

There are many programs that detect near-Earth asteroids as part of countries' planetary defense strategies. In the case of ...

A small asteroid flew 266 miles over Antarctica. It was too small to pose a threat, but objects of that size can produce fireballs.

Asteroid 2025 TF flew past Earth at an altitude similar to that of the International Space Station, but was not spotted by astronomers until hours after it was gone. Photo courtesy European Space ...